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Brain surgery and other stories (Fickling Lecture on Developments in Children's Literature)

Henry Marsh, neurosurgeon and author

Date/Time: Tuesday 30 April 2019

Doctors are both witnesses and participants in the stories of the lives of their patients. In recent years there has been an explosion in books written by doctors for the general public, and it is all about story-telling. The prominent neurosurgeon explained what makes for a good medical story when it is addressed to younger readers.